18th December, 2004, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveI Strangely, my system is 100% stable, but while testing video, I noticed a great deal of tearing in spots... about 1 in 10 tests.
I've isolated the cause down to memory.... The tearing stops if I run asynch, with CPU at same speed and memory slower. Oddly, the memory has been 100% stable at 240mhz, using memtest and prime. Only in video benches, this pops up. Could it be the northbridge giving out just on video tests? System is otherwise 100% stable. | is your video card overclocked?
that is a common cause
and if your agp post/pci ports are not locked, you could also get problems with rips/or artifacts.
make sure agp/pci is locked, and that your video card is not overclocked.
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